Man crucified as part of Easter celebrations

Updated
April 23, 2011 12:05:00

A three-inch custom made stainless steel nail is hammered into the hand of a penitent during the Good Friday lenten crucifixion rites in San Juan, San Fernando city, at Pampanga province in northern Philippines April 22, 2011. Nearly two dozen Filipinos were nailed to crosses to re-enact the passion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, in what they see as an extreme display of devotion but which the Roman Catholic church criticizes as a distortion of the Easter message.